My babies are finally here!Not Good

[beekybuzzard]

JJ It is against DOT laws to put anything into the driver compartment. Anything in the front with the driver could move or shift into the driver and cause problems. I am a class A driver and I know how often people pull out in front of us every single trip. If I go through a day with only 10 people pulling out right in front of me or turning or stopping without any notice it is a very slow day. If packages or anything else is kept in the driver compartment and it hits your leg, foot, gas or brake pedal you can very easily wreck and hurt or kill someone else or yourself. While it is easy to say that it could have been put up front, the safety of the driver and everyone else on the road is much more important. Only about 6 months ago there was an 8 year old little girl that got ran over by an 18 wheeler because he had picked up a case of oil to drop off at his depot and with nowhere else to put it he sat it in the cab of the truck with him. A car started to pull out in front of him and jammed on the brakes at the last second, the driver of the truck hit his brakes and swerved to miss the car the box slid into his leg and he then saw the little girl running across the road after her older brother and could not get stopped before he ran over her. I was about 1/8 mile behind him and it could have been avoided by either his boss not telling him to bring back the case in the truck, the car not trying to jet out in front of a big rig, or the little girl being able to see around the curve to see the truck. So don't just think the driver could have done it better we have laws to obey like everyone else and a lot more pressure with 80000 pounds to control underneath us. Have a Blessed Day.

 

[jab91864]

Aaawww I'm sorry, that is heart breaking !!!

Julie

 

[Aun <HIS><]

It seems like there could be a middle ground on putting chicks in the cab of the USPS trucks. Couldn't there be a simple restraint put in? Or even secure the box under the passenger seat belt? Or a mesh restraint on the floor board? As long as USPS agrees to transport live animals, I wish they would take some responsibility for them arriving as live animals.

 

[crooked stripe]

I am getting my first shipment tomorrow. How are the chicks packaged? I would think they would be packed into 2 boxes. One small box wrapped with insulation and inserted into a larger box for shipping. How far off am I? John

 

[BrahmaMama]

That sounds like a good idea, Crooked Stripe, but my only order (so far) was just a normal cardboard box with ventilation holes; it may have been a bit thicker cardboard, but sadly not insulated. This was from Welp's hatchery-different ones may have different boxes, but my guess is they are pretty similar.

 

[RedStickLA]

I am so sorry chickenranchwife. That must have been terrible. It makes me worry; I have some due to ship out from MM the week of Feb. 25. I hope your replacement order arrives safely to you.
Mitzi

 

[crooked stripe]

HOW IN THE WORLD can someone ship in a ventilated box when the chicks have to be kept at +90 degrees for the first week. My God, it is only 22 here. I just can't conceive this.

 

[silkiechicken]

Sorry for the loss. It's too bad that mail can get lost like that, especially for baby chicks where timing is crucial. Always best to try to order from the closest hatchery, and even then it can be hit or miss in cold weather.

Shipping baby chicks is truly a double edged sword. Stop it entirely and thousands of chicks can never be sent and people can't get birds they want and companies that hatch them can't keep up their business. Let it go and the hatcheries do the best they can to get them out fast, but can't anticipate what each box will go though on the way to their destination. I hope mine can make it alive... It will be late march so hopefully they don't have to stick it out in a freezing truck.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

It's way too cold to ship chicks, hatcheries don't care they always hatch more.......

 

[Katy]

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They ship in a ventilated box, because they have to breath whether it is 90 or 0. If you pack them in a box inside another box you'll probably end up with smothered chicks too.....there's just no good way to ship brand new chicks in very cold weather. I don't know if any hatchery puts any kind of heat pack in, but even that doesn't last the trip I wouldn't think.